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The presidency is about leadership, and President Obama's legacy will depend in part on his leadership in the next 10 weeks. He has to do two things: 1. Remind people of what he has done and who has opposed it. "Your children will have health care, and the Republicans opposed it. We reformed how credit card companies do business, and the Republicans opposed it. We reformed Wall Street to protect your pensions, and the Republicans opposed it." "We're protecting Social Security, and the Republicans want to repeal it." 2. It's the economy, stupid. I think he should unveil a dramatic one-time tax cut for the middle class who have no cushion, who worry about running out of money as they live day to day, paid for by a one-time hit on the the wealthiest of wealthiest Americans -- not the top 5%, but the top 1-2%

He should focus on creating high-wage manufacturing jobs through high dollar guaranteed loans that repay the taxpayers, not just in the auto industry, but in the nextgen clean industry - not just clean energy - so that Americans feel there is hope beyond this crisis. Hope is still the crux of the matter - he needs to turn it into concrete proposals that the American people can sink their teeth into.

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